I hope you all don't think I am fixated on this issue, but no one has ever explained just when the industry made this magic jump from the days of the ignorant fly by luck pilots to today's well trained pros who are taught all the magic things to do that makes them so superior to the old school pilots of yesteryear.
From a previous post:
One of the reasons professional pilots have a much lower accident rate than private flyers is because the industry has moved from ad hoc undisciplined flying styles to systematic approach that realizes humans do not think well under the sudden pressure of shocking unexpected events.
My question, as yet unanswered:
When did the industry move from an ad hoc undisciplined flying style, to this systematic approach?
I am curious because I wonder if I was flying when this transformation took place, and if I was flying after it took place. Because I really can not remember when or how it happened.